Dave Giusti

Dave Giusti
Dave Giusti
Pitcher
Born: November 27, 1939 (1939-11-27) (age 71)
Seneca Falls, New York
Batted: Left Threw: Right 
MLB debut
April 13, 1962 for the Houston Colt .45s
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1977 for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics
Win–loss record     100-93
Earned run average     3.60
Saves     145
Strikeouts     1103
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Led NL in saves in 1971 with 30
  • World Series champion in 1971
  • All-Star (NL): 1973

David John Giusti, Jr., (born November 27, 1939, in Seneca Falls, New York) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1962 to 1977.

While attending and playing baseball for Syracuse University, Giusti pitched in the 1961 College World Series as a starting pitcher. He signed out of a college as a free agent with the Houston Colt .45s (later the Houston Astros), and played in Houston from 1962-68. Shortly before the 1968 expansion draft, Giusti was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, who left him unprotected, and he was then drafted by the San Diego Padres. Two months later, Giusti was then traded back to the Cardinals.

After the 1969 baseball season, Giusti was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Pirates, he was converted into a relief pitcher by manager Danny Murtaugh, and Giusti soon became one of the leading relief pitchers in the National League. Using his sinking palmball heavily, Giusti recorded 20 or more saves in each of the next four baseball seasons, and he led the National League with 30 saves in 1971 for the Pirates. Giusti appeared in three games for Pittsburgh in the 1971 World Series, earning a save in Game Four. Giusti was awarded The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award in 1971.

In 1973, Giusti was selected for the National League's All-Star Team. Giusti pitched a one-two-three seventh inning as the National League won the game 7-1.[1]

In an Esquire magazine article in 1976, the sportswriter Harry Stein published his personal "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", a list for which he chose five different ethnic baseball teams (one team composed of Irish players, one of Hispanic, etc.). Stein chose Giusti as the relief pitcher on his all-Italian team.

Shortly before the beginning of the 1977 season, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics as part of a ten-player trade - one that also sent outfielder Tony Armas to Oakland, and sent infielder Phil Garner to Pittsburgh. In August, the Athletics sold Giusti's contract to the Chicago Cubs with whom Giusti finished the season, and after being released by the Cubs in November, Giusti retired from baseball.

Giusti's most valuable baseball pitch was his palmball.

After his baseball career, Giusti became a corporate sales manager for American Express. As of 2002, he was retired and living in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania.

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Preceded by
Wayne Granger
National League Saves Champion
1971
Succeeded by
Clay Carroll

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